Onset station

Onset station is a former train station located on Depot Street in the village of East Wareham, Massachusetts. One of seven railroad stations in Wareham, Massachusetts, it known by a variety of names, including Onset, Agawam, East Wareham, Onset Bay, Onset Beach, and Onset Junction.[1] Passenger service to Onset ended on June 30, 1959, when the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad ended passenger service on its Old Colony division.[2]

Onset
The former station building in 2013
General information
Coordinates41°45′25″N 70°40′33″W
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Wareham
toward Boston
 Boston–​Woods Hole Buzzards Bay
toward Woods Hole
Boston–​Hyannis Buzzards Bay
toward Hyannis
Boston–​Provincetown Buzzards Bay
toward Provincetown

The former station building is today used by an antique store that is located behind Depot Motors in East Wareham.

See also

References
  1. Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 337–341. ISBN 0942147022.
  2. Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Joan Hollister Farson (First ed.). Yarmouthport, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.

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